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Glossary of Terms? Definitions?

Is there a post somewhere that I'm missing that defines all the abbreviations and terms we throw around with wild abandon? I've been following Tesla closer that your average lamp, and I still have to stop and work through so many of these acronyms and abbreviations. I can only imagine that somebody new to the forums would greatly benefit from having such a sticky post. The first thread I dropped into today had this:

I was referring to the AP2+ HW/SW. Could indeed be AEB vs EAP.​

And while I can decipher it, I definitely had to scratch my head for a bit. A new-to-Tesla person would be entirely lost.

I searched for all the key terms (abbreviation, acronym, glossary, definition) and have come up empty. Have I missed it, or should we build it?

I've been on this forum quite awhile and the number of acronyms is pretty crazy. My brain also goes crazy when it seems an acronym that means something else (e.g. FWD). I try to remember to expand them when I can. I still don't know what ISA is for sure but I understand it conceptually in context.

Wow, fabulous.
So funny that I was just about to post my own initial list... but with only about half the definitions filled in. Here is your list with a few more off the top of my head that I've seen.

Yeah. Well. There are only so many brain cells still staggering around up top at this point! I still get my wife's name wrong.... What I have already ordered is....

let's see how I do:

TM3 LR D-AWD, DBM, Aero, black PUP, EAP.

No P, no FSD.

It would be white... but after already spending $1000 for color, I couldn't go another $500 (when white became $1500 in lane June) just to have yet another white car. And blue means that for the first time since our 1987 Honda Accord, we'll own a car that isn't white or silver.

Awww. Yer sweet. It's been a wild ride, hasn't it? Remember when the Prius was the pinnacle of high-tech, efficient personal transportation?

Fun Fact: In 2004 Martin Eberhard contacted me to tell me about this crazy plan for his new company, and to seek my input. (Yeah, yawn... like the hundreds of other companies that were going to make super-great EVs). That was back when I was one of those rare, experienced production EV owner/drivers that people actually wanted to hear from. I'd recently had the EV1 taken away from me, and the 2002 Rav4EV was still shiny new. Today it's mostly "move over old man, you're just one of millions. And we're all smarter than you are!"

I invested in Tesla when they went public. Wish I'd kept that $19/share money in there!

Teg, these are great links! I see that the same thing has been tried on this very forum... and failed. Great comments from Musk. And then there's this awesome list that I'll past here so I don't lose it! I'm gonna integrate this for modern times a bit, and then see if we can get it pinned. I do think it is important.

In the meantime, is your PUP W or B?

M3 or 3: What some people here call the Tesla Model 3 (also there is a BMW M3).
MS or S: What some people here call the Tesla Model S.
MX or X: What some people here call the Tesla Model X.
MY or Y: What some people here call the upcoming Tesla Model Y.
kWh: kilowatt-hours. How battery size is measured. Higher numbers can go farther on a charge.
SR: Standard range version of the Model 3 that is rated at 220 miles of range on a full charge.
LR: Long range version of the Model 3 that is rated at 310 miles of range on a full charge.
PUP: Premium Upgrade Package for the Model 3. Includes glass roof, power seats and more.
UHFS: Ultra High Fidelity Sound option on some Teslas. Equivalent is part of PUP on the 3.
SAS: Smart Air Suspension (Future option on Model 3).
AWD: All Wheel Drive (Future option on Model 3, Tesla does this with 2 electric motors).
FWD: Falcon Wing Doors (On Model X, also Front Wheel Drive for non-Tesla cars).
RWD: Rear Wheel Drive.
S60: Model S 60 (60kWh battery)
- Append 'D' for Dual motor (All wheel drive)
- Prepend 'P' instead of 'S' for performance version
- Examples: S40, S70, S75, P85, P85D, S90D, P100D
RHD: Right Hand Drive. (Steering wheel on right for where they drive on wrong side of the road).
LHD: Left Hand Drive. (Steering wheel on left for where they drive on correct side of the road).
HUD: Heads Up Display. Information projected on windshield so you can see it while driving.
EM: Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla)
ICE: Internal Combustion Engine (What regular non-electric cars use)
EV: Electric Vehicle (I guess this includes hybrids?)
BEV: Battery Electric Vehicle (Electric motor drives wheels powered by a battery)
HEV: Hybrid Electric Vehicle (Hybrid which CAN'T be plugged in to charge battery)
PHEV: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (Hybrid which CAN be plugged in to charge battery)
GF: Gigafactory: Factory where Tesla makes stuff
- GF1 (or just gigafactory or GF) is a Tesla EV battery factory in Nevada
- GF2 is an upcoming solar panel factory in New York for Tesla's Solar City business
- GF3 and beyond are future and will likely make both EV batteries and the cars themselves
AP: Autopilot (Umbrella term for driving assist features such as Autosteer, Autopark and TACC)
EAP: Enhanced Autopilot (Enhanced version that can do even more)
TACC: Traffic Aware Cruise Control - Adaptive cruise control component of EAP.
FSD: Full Self Driving (Level 5 autonomy. Car can drive itself door-to-door even without you in it)
EVSE: Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. The box on your wall or cable you plug your EV into.
L1: Level 1 EVSE, Around 10-12A @ 120V AC (common wall outlet). ~4 miles / hour charge rate.
L2: Level 2 EVSE, Around 32-50A @ 240V AC (dryer outlet). ~25 miles / hour charge rate.
L3: High-speed DC charger, 400V+ at very high current. ~200+ miles / hour charge rate.
DCFC: DC Fast Charger - A high-speed DC charger. See "L3".
J1772: A type of EVSE connector. Fast becoming the (non-Tesla) standard in US.
CCS: An modification of the J1772 connector that allows for DCFC.
CHAdeMO: A type of EVSE connector that allows for DCFC. Mostly used by Nissan Leaf in US.
WC: Wall Connector (previously HPWC). Tesla's L2 EVSE with Tesla's proprietary connector.
UMC: Universal Mobile Connector. Tesla's L1 / L2 EVSE cable with Tesla's own connector.
SC: Supercharger. Tesla DC fast charger location (also Service Center).

Well so far all the LR/RWD have been B-PUP, so you should already know that.
W-PUP was only on P-AWD until recently, but now they are offering to other configs, but nobody has them yet.
And all M3s to date have been LR+PUP.
The mythical $35K SR non-PUP has yet to be offered for order.

By the way, the conundrum of acronyms has been "TMC"...
Tesla Motors Club?
Tesla Motors Corporation?Toyota Motor Corporation?

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